A Little Goes a Long Way

Matthew 13:31–35 CSB

31 He presented another parable to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. 32 It’s the smallest of all the seeds, but when grown, it’s taller than the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and nest in its branches.” 33 He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into fifty pounds of flour until all of it was leavened.” 34 Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables, and he did not tell them anything without a parable, 35 so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled: I will open my mouth in parables; I will declare things kept secret from the foundation of the world.

1. A seed is meant to be sown

2. A little can do a lot

- This does not mean we are only to do a little

- The mustard seed grows in to a “tree”

- Leaven grows (yeast is at the core of leaven and a little goes a long way)

3. A transformation must take place

- Both the seed and the leaven become something different over time

4. The outcome is beneficial for others

- The seed not only produces mustard spices but also a place of rest for the birds

The leaven eventually becomes bread to nourish - Jesus is the bread of life